Controlling the State: Constitutionalism from Ancient Athens to Today

by Scott Gordon

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This book examines the development of the theory and practice of constitutionalism, defined as a political system in which the coercive power of the state is controlled through a pluralistic distribution of political power. It explores the main venues of constitutional practice in ancient Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Venice, the Dutch Republic, seventeenth-century England, and eighteenth-century America.

From its beginning in Polybius'...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674009770

ISBN13:9780674009776

Release Date:September 2002

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:412 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Constitutions Europe History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Netherlands Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences

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